League Play-Off

Catapilco
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Modestio Baesler started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ricardo Polloni in the 5th minute of play forced Catapilco AFC's goalkeeper Ricard Lemus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Evelio Sojo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Ricard Lemus tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Ricardo Polloni's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ricard Lemus was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. In the 11th minute, Evelio Sojo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pancoras FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Sergio Zaror showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Modestio Baesler in the 17th minute of the match. After 20 played minutes Catapilco AFC got a freekick which was hit by Modestio Baesler. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ricardo Polloni in the 21st minute of play forced Catapilco AFC's goalkeeper Ricard Lemus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eustaquio Ayerdi's late challenge caught a Pancoras FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eustaquio Ayerdi helped the player get up and apologised. In the 38th minute Evelio Sojo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricard Lemus saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ricardo Polloni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricard Lemus having to interfere. Evelio Sojo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricard Lemus having to interfere. Ricard Lemus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evelio Sojo in the 45th minute of the match. Ricard Lemus took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ricardo Polloni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The wind increased when Ricardo Polloni made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Horacio Cañas got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Ricardo Polloni sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Evelio Sojo's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ricard Lemus firmly grabbed it by the left post. 62 minutes into the match, Catapilco AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Ricardo Polloni came free, but Ricard Lemus reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 62nd minute, Eustaquio Ayerdi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Modestio Baesler had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Evelio Sojo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Evelio Sojo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 81st minute, Pancoras FC's Ricardo Polloni dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-2. In the 87th minute, Ricardo Polloni fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Ricard Lemus, passed just outside the right post. 91 minutes into the game, Pancoras FC's Evelio Sojo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ricard Lemus made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Manu Padilla charged in rather forcefully in the 94th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Manu Padilla the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. When the match was over Pancoras FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Catapilco AFC throughout the match.